Letting Israel have nukes and continually threaten its neighbours with
them.

Bush threatening to annihilate Iran in his 2002-01-19SOTU (State Of The Union). What else could Iran do but obtain nukes to deter
attack? Iraq did not have nukes and was destroyed. North Korea did and was left
alone.

The USA having a nuclear arsenal big enough to destroy the earth many times over.
The USA is like a father who smokes 8 packs a day and
threatens to kill his son if he even smokes a single cigarette.

~ Roedy(born:1948-02-04 age:68)

Introduction

The United States has threatened nuclear war and
has already invaded Iran in yet another oil grab, pretending that the invasion is self
defence against the peaceful use of nuclear energy. George Bush as been threatening to
use small nuclear bunker busters to attack Iran. I consider this not only a foolish move,
but a suicidal one.

On 2002-01-19 [in the SOTU
] George W. Bush
identified Iraq, North Korea and Iran as the axis of evil
and proceeded to invade Iraq and depose its leadership. North Korea’s leaders saw
the writing on the wall and promptly developed a nuclear capability, which (as they no
doubt anticipated) has put an end to any musings about the United States invading them
too. Shortly afterward Iran put its nuclear program into high gear, aiming to create
enough ambiguity as to whether it possesses nuclear weapons, or could assemble them
quickly, to squelch any thoughts of an invasion in the mind of the Great Satan.
~ Steven Pinker(born:1954-09-18 age:62)The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Why Did Bush/Obama Threaten War?

Why did Bush/Obama make this threat? He
claims it is to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. However, this does not make
sense. Iran has been using uranium since the 1950s for peaceful
nuclear power, using reactors originally provided by the USA. There have been no
violations in all that time of the inspection procedures. Iran has a rich supply of
uranium, so it makes sense for them to continue to generate electricity that way. Bush is
demanding they stop enriching uranium and hence both the peaceful use of nuclear power
and the potential use in nuclear weapons, that they might in theory develop in 8 to
10 years. Even if they did develop nukes, they would still not
have the means to deliver them by missile to the USA. Even if they did not develop nukes,
they could always buy them on the black market anyway. So I think Bush’s reason for
threatening Iran is bogus.

I believe Bush is doing the same thing he did in Iraq, looking for an excuse to invade
and take control of Iran’s #5 oil reserves on the planet, just as he told lies
about WMDs (Weapon of Mass Destructions)
as an excuse to invade Iraq to take over the #2 oil reserves on the planet. As added
incentive for an invasion, Iran has another valuable prize, huge reserves of natural
gas.

Oil is much too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.
~ Henry Kissinger(born:1923-05-27 age:93)

Bush is tacking in the polls with scandals and the fruits of his incompetent policies.
He is also desperately looking for a diversion to unite the American people behind the
Republicans.

Why It Would be Foolish To Invade Iran

The United States has spent a
trillion dollars unsuccessfully trying to subdue Iraq. It was completely disarmed and
broke. Iraq had no allies. It was divided into three warring factions. It had a leader
despised by his people. Yet even with the total might of the US military, more costly
than all the militaries of the world combined, the USA still could not break the will of
that tiny country.

The USA is already stretched thin with wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It cannot afford
another.

Iran is three times more populous bigger, wealthy from its oils sales and much better
armed than Iraq with weapons such as Sunburn missiles capable of sinking air craft
carriers. It also has powerful military allies, Russia, China and Syria. Bush announced
he was going to attack Iran back in 2002. The United States
sold poison gas on credit to Saddam to use on the Iranians. Over a million people were
killed in that proxy war lasting from 1980-09 to 1988-08. The Iranians have a score to settle with the USA. There is no
reason for them to refrain from using chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.

Iran and many other countries seeing the ambitions of American empire, have had
plenty of time to purchase and smuggle nuclear weapons into the USA that can be fired
remotely by telephone or the Internet. If the USA nukes Iran, why should the Iranians
feel any compunction at all about giving Americans a taste of their own medicine?

Because Iran is so well connected, America can’t very well invade it without
getting into fights with other countries. There is simply too much danger of the fight
escalating into a conflagration that consumes the entire middle east.

The Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow neck of water
in the Persian Gulf between Iran and the Oman. Iran has threatened to block them,
possibly by sinking ships, mining them, or shelling ships passing through them.

Have a look at the following chart of the world’s top oil producers and guess
what mining that Strait would do to gasoline prices in the USA.

Oil Reserves 2001

2001 Proved Oil Reserves

Rank

Country

2001 proved Oil reserves
(billion barrels)

Notes

1.

Saudi Arabia

261.7

Oil must past through Strait of Hormuz.

2.

Iraq

112.5

Oil must past through Strait of Hormuz.

3.

United Arab Emirates

97.8

Oil must past through Strait of Hormuz.

4.

Kuwait

96.5

Oil must past through Strait of Hormuz.

5.

Iran

89.7

Oil must past through Strait of Hormuz.

6.

Venezuela

76.9

American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) attempted a coup recently. Was thwarted by popular
support. Leader Chavez has been having fun ridiculing Bush.

7.

Russia

48.6

Iran military ally. It said it would enrich uranium for Iran if the USA
interfered.

8.

Libya

29.5

Ronald Reagan ordered the killing of leader Gadafi’s adopted child.
Gadafi is hostile to the USA.

9.

Mexico

28.3

Tensions with USA over borders and immigration.

10.

China

24.0

Military ally of Iran.

11.

USA

21.9

Net oil importer.

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Syria

2.5

Military ally of Iran.

So What?

Invading Iran is so obviously a stupid idea, you might say
so what? No one in their right mind would do such a thing, so
why worry about it? But it appears Bush has already started his war with Iran, much the
way America fought a secret war in Cambodia. Here is the opening paragraphs of
Representative Dennis Kucinich’s letter to Bush. I suggest you read the entire text
by following the links at the end of this essay.

Mr. Speaker, on April 14, 2006, I sent the following letter
to President Bush regarding reports of United States troops conducting military
operations in Iran:

Dear George W. Bush: Recently, it has been reported that U.S. troops are conducting
military operations in Iran. If true, it appears that you have already made the decision
to commit U.S. military forces to a unilateral conflict with Iran, even before direct or
indirect negotiations with the government of Iran had been attempted, without
UN (United Nations)
support and without authorization from the U.S. Congress.

The presence of U.S. marines in Iran constitutes a hostile act against that country.
At a time when diplomacy is urgently needed, it escalates an international crisis. It
undermines any attempts to negotiate with the government of Iran. And it will undermine
U.S. diplomatic efforts at the U.N.

Furthermore, it places U.S. troops occupying neighboring Iraq in greater danger. The
achievement of stability and a transition to Iraqi security control will be compromised,
reversing any progress that has been cited by the Administration.

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